{"id":773,"date":"2023-12-11T12:09:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T12:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?page_id=773"},"modified":"2024-02-06T12:44:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T12:44:22","slug":"elementor-773","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?page_id=773","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Of Folk and Borders<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-b377334a wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1418 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-folklore tag-michaelmas tag-saints tag-st-francis tag-tradition\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1418\" target=\"_self\"  ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/stmichael-15c.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Warrior &amp; The Mystic: Two Saints for Autumn&#8230;\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/stmichael-15c.jpg 494w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/stmichael-15c-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1418\" target=\"_self\" >The Warrior &amp; The Mystic: Two Saints for Autumn&#8230;<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-10-04T13:26:17+00:00\">October 4, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The sky is grimly grey. Fat raindrops drip from the rose hips and the last blackberries&nbsp;\u2018spoilt\u2019 by the devil now Michaelmas has passed.* I picked a few yesterday though &#8211; fat, black, juicy ones that&#8217;d escaped the rains reassuring myself that in the \u2018old calendar\u2019 the 10th October is \u2018old\u2019 Michaelmas Day so I should [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-small-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1418\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The Warrior &amp; The Mystic: Two Saints for Autumn&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1079 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1079\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HorsesCentralParkNYC2019-768x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Imagery of Horses: Grief, New York &amp; Writing the Past\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HorsesCentralParkNYC2019-768x1024-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HorsesCentralParkNYC2019-768x1024-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1079\" target=\"_self\" >Imagery of Horses: Grief, New York &amp; Writing the Past<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-11-29T12:09:00+00:00\">November 29, 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">It has been nine months since I wrote a blog. You see, my father died nine months ago. It\u2019s been hard to focus. I\u2019ve been lurching from project to conference paper, from workshop to talks while trying to make sense of this humbling event. I knew Dad was unwell. He knew he was unwell. But [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-small-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1079\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Imagery of Horses: Grief, New York &amp; Writing the Past<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1082 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1082\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/wookey-hole-edited-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Down Through The Okey Hole\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/wookey-hole-edited-1.jpg 452w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/wookey-hole-edited-1-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1082\" target=\"_self\" >Down Through The Okey Hole<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2023-01-13T12:14:00+00:00\">January 13, 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Okey Hole. You may know it better as Wookey Hole, a village on the edge of the Mendip Hills, famous for its caves. Long ago it was known for its otherworldly nature. Today it&#8217;s one of Somerset&#8217;s main tourist attractions. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-small-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1082\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Down Through The Okey Hole<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1085 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1085\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fromcleeliberty-1024x357-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bailiffs &amp; Boundaries: History in the Landscape\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fromcleeliberty-1024x357-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fromcleeliberty-1024x357-1-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fromcleeliberty-1024x357-1-768x268.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1085\" target=\"_self\" >Bailiffs &amp; Boundaries: History in the Landscape<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-11-03T12:15:00+00:00\">November 3, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This is a blog about how a18th century map, a 7th century abbess and folklore collection on the 19th century may hold clues about an old processional route across the South Shropshire hills. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-small-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1085\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Bailiffs &amp; Boundaries: History in the Landscape<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1088 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1088\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/S.-Carannog-1-765x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Saints &amp; Giants: The Push &amp; Pull of Stories.\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/S.-Carannog-1-765x1024-1.jpg 765w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/S.-Carannog-1-765x1024-1-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1088\" target=\"_self\" >Saints &amp; Giants: The Push &amp; Pull of Stories.<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-10-07T12:17:00+00:00\">October 7, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">High on a cliff stands a lone statue of a saint. He stares north over a bay where a dark stack rises out of the sea. It is actually a tooth of a giant. The saint was Carannog, son of Coran. The giant was called Bica. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-small-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1088\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Saints &amp; Giants: The Push &amp; Pull of Stories.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1091 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1091\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fromcleeliberty-1024x389-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Morris &amp; Mari&#8217;s: The Fragility &amp; Strength of Tradition &amp; the Ritual Year\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fromcleeliberty-1024x389-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fromcleeliberty-1024x389-1-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fromcleeliberty-1024x389-1-768x292.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1091\" target=\"_self\" >Morris &amp; Mari&#8217;s: The Fragility &amp; Strength of Tradition &amp; the Ritual Year<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-09-14T12:19:00+00:00\">September 14, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A hot day in August. I am thinking. I am sitting high upon the Hill with my dog, Dan. Dragonflies and swifts dart over bracken. The gorse is snapping and cracking in the heat. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-small-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1091\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Morris &amp; Mari&#8217;s: The Fragility &amp; Strength of Tradition &amp; the Ritual Year<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1096 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1096\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.Arbordtree2022-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Arbor Day. Tree Dressing at Aston-on-Clun in the Shropshire Marches\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.Arbordtree2022-1.jpg 469w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.Arbordtree2022-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1096\" target=\"_self\" >Arbor Day. Tree Dressing at Aston-on-Clun in the Shropshire Marches<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-05-31T12:21:00+00:00\">May 31, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A black poplar tree stands beside a little stream in the Shropshire village of Aston-on-Clun. Amongst its boughs bright flags are fluttering in the breeze. Today is Arbor Day, an old tree-dressing tradition when the flags are renewed and the community celebrates their tree. How this tradition came about and for how long is open [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-small-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1096\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Arbor Day. Tree Dressing at Aston-on-Clun in the Shropshire Marches<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1099 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1099\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Flemish-School-The-Thames-at-Richmond-with-the-Old-Royal-Palace-c1620-MeisterDrucke-92407-edited-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dancing the Morris in the Shropshire Hills. A Whitsun Tale\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Flemish-School-The-Thames-at-Richmond-with-the-Old-Royal-Palace-c1620-MeisterDrucke-92407-edited-1.jpg 554w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Flemish-School-The-Thames-at-Richmond-with-the-Old-Royal-Palace-c1620-MeisterDrucke-92407-edited-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1099\" target=\"_self\" >Dancing the Morris in the Shropshire Hills. A Whitsun Tale<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-05-25T12:22:00+00:00\">May 25, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">And let us do it with no show of fear No, with no more than if we heard England were busied with a Whitsun morris dance Henry V II. iv. Shakespeare c 1599 <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-small-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1099\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Dancing the Morris in the Shropshire Hills. A Whitsun Tale<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1102 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1102\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/easter-card.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cakes of Peace, Magic Bread &amp; Easter Wassails: Springtime Traditions of the Welsh Marches\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/easter-card.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/easter-card-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1102\" target=\"_self\" >Cakes of Peace, Magic Bread &amp; Easter Wassails: Springtime Traditions of the Welsh Marches<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-04-16T12:24:00+00:00\">April 16, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">By late March the weather was warmer and spring made herself known at Moon Brook Cottage, accompanied by cries of goshawks, chiffchaffs, skylarks and the promise of cookoo. Celandines, or star-flowers, cheered up the woods and moon-flowers, more commonly known today as wood anemones, graced the shadows and verges. It was then I was approached [&hellip;] <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-small-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1102\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Cakes of Peace, Magic Bread &amp; Easter Wassails: Springtime Traditions of the Welsh Marches<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1105 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1105\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/riders-tugford-1024x768-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Searching for the Invisible Past in the &#8216;Vivid Present&#8217;\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/riders-tugford-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/riders-tugford-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/riders-tugford-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1105\" target=\"_self\" >Searching for the Invisible Past in the &#8216;Vivid Present&#8217;<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-03-21T12:25:00+00:00\">March 21, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">\u201cThat vivid present of theirs, how faint it grows! The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow\u2019s past.\u201d Mary Webb, (Precious Bane, 1924) <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-small-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1105\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Searching for the Invisible Past in the &#8216;Vivid Present&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1108 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1108\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11thcploughing.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Plough Bullocks &amp; Plum Pudding, the Forgotten Feast of Plough Monday\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11thcploughing.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11thcploughing-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/11thcploughing-768x321.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1108\" target=\"_self\" >Plough Bullocks &amp; Plum Pudding, the Forgotten Feast of Plough Monday<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-10T12:27:00+00:00\">January 10, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">&#8216;Forget not the Feasts that belong to the Plough&#8217;* <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-small-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1108\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Plough Bullocks &amp; Plum Pudding, the Forgotten Feast of Plough Monday<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1114 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1f213a1e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\"><figure 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is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-81d5c4b5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\"><h5 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pamelathomrowe.co.uk\/?p=1114\" target=\"_self\" >Blog Archive<\/a><\/h5>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-01T12:34:00+00:00\">January 1, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">You can read all my previous blog posts on my old website https:\/\/myblog.moonbrookcottagehandspun.co.uk\/ <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a style=\"border-width:2px; 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